RIVER HERRING IN THE NEWS

As dams come down, herring return to Shawsheen River The Boston GlobeKEITH BEDFORD/GLOBE STAFF Jon Honea weighs down a tarp used to make spotting fish easier in the Shawsheen River in Andover. By Don Lyman GLOBE CORRESPONDENT JUNE 23, 2017On a warm, sunny morning, Jon Honea and Burt Batcheller stood on the pedestrian bridge atRead more

Council approves improvement near Weymouth Herring Run An aging bridge that straddles the Weymouth Herring Brook on Commercial Street and a flood control gate in the channel where the alewives migrate to Whitman’s Pond during the spring will both be replaced through a $1.1appropriation by town council, Monday, June 5. By Ed Bakerebaker@wickedlocal.com Posted JunRead more

Dedicated Volunteers Assist in Lowell’s Herring Count Lowell.comCommunity Updates Posted by Elliot Silver on Jun 07, 2017 Almost forty local volunteers are assisting Lowell Parks & Conservation Trust (LP&CT) in its first River Herring (alewife) Monitoring Program in fifteen years. And in a creative partnership with Lowell’s Pollard Memorial Library, local residents can also participateRead more

Fish ladder will aid herring through Winchester waters to spawing grounds By Melissa Russellmrussell@wickedlocal.comWicked Local Winchester Posted Jun 6, 2017 at 1:29 PMUpdated Jun 6, 2017 at 1:29 PM As thousands of Alewife and Blueback herring visibly splashed and swam through Winchester waters, state and local officials cut the ribbon on a fish ladder thatRead more

Sun Power Keeps Herring Counter Running At Upper Shawme PondThe Sandwich EnterpriseBy: JULIA B. GAGNON With two hands planted firmly on the steering wheel, Neal F. Holmgren navigated his truck, emblazoned with his company’s logo, Solar Rising, around the curves and bends of Grove Street. The steady roar of his engine stopped at a locationRead more

MIDDLEBORO/LAKEVILLE: Big decision for towns, Herring Fishery CommissionSouthCoast Today By Robert Barboza/Gazette CorrespondentMIDDLEBORO — Each spring for countless centuries, hundreds of thousands of herring have made an arduous journey from Mount Hope Bay, upstream along the Taunton and Nemasket Rivers, to reach their traditional spawning grounds in the Assawompsett Ponds Complex in Lakeville. For thousandsRead more

Watch Mystic River Herring Migration and Help Count the Fish! Arlington Patch This is a fun way to help out – watch the live stream and help record the number of fish. By Mike Carraggi (Patch National Staff) – May 8, 2017 2:09 pm ET ARLINGTON, MA — The Mystic River’s herring migration this springRead more

PHOTOS: Pembroke’s 41st Grand Ol’ Fish FryWicked Local Pembroke The 41st Grand Ol’ Fish Fry, sponsored by the Pembroke Historical Society, was held Sunday, May 7, 2017 at the Herring Run (Thomas Reading Memorial Herring Run Park) on Barker Street. Lori and Jason Cook and their crew from The Fork in the Road Catering/Bryantville DeliRead more

Falmouth students, teacher lauded for bird project Work started in the fall with second-graders taking a close look at migratory patterns. By Christine LegereCape Cod Times FALMOUTH — Two awards for excellence in environmental education will go to the Falmouth School District during a presentation today by the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental AffairsRead more

All You Need To Know About Cape Cod Herring RunsMay 7, 2017 CapeCod.com For many Cape Cod residents, it’s not spring unless the herring are swimming up local rivers, en route to their summer spawning areas.These two species of fish, Alewives and Blueback Herring, swarm the Cape’s streams and rivers from hundreds of miles awayRead more